Mexicans Murdered for Reporting Crimes on Social Media

'Internet snitches' found hanging from a bridge

The mutilated bodies of a man and a woman have been found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo, northern Mexico. They were apparently killed after using social media to report on crimes.

The Washington Post says that a sign near the bodies warned others not to post information on the internet. “This will happen to all internet busy bodies,” it read. “Shape up, I am on to you.”
The sign named two websites where people can make anonymous tips against drug-violence, Al Rojo Vivo and Blog del Narco.

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